31974R0403

No L 44/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 16 . 2. 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 403/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 15 February 1974 introducing a special export levy on syrups and other sugars

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be fixed COMMUNITIES, per kilogramme of sucrose content, including the content of other sugars calculated as sucrose equiva­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European lent ; Economic Community ; Whereas the list of products to which the special levy Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/ is to apply was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 389/74 ; 67/EEC (1) of 18 December 1967 on the common organization of the market in sugar, as last amended Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, by Regulation (EEC) No 1928/73 (2), and. in particular levies should be calculated on ' the following basis ; Article 1 6 (5) thereof ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary relation to each other, at any given moment, Committee ; within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; Whereas, under Article 16 of Regulation No 1009/ — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the 67/EEC, where the Community or any region thereof arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each cannot be supplied with sugar at prices within the of these currencies recorded for a given period, in limits of the threshold price, provision may be made relation to the Community currencies referred to for charging a special export levy on sugar ; in the previous subparagraph ; Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 389/74 (3) of 14 Whereas the introducing of the special export levy is February 1974 the Commission laid down detailed in accordance with the Opinion of the Management rules for applying the special export levy on syrups Committee for Sugar, and other sugars ;

Whereas a special export levy has been fixed for sugar HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : since November 1973 ; whereas the shortage on the world market has since then become more serious in Article 1 a situation characterized by particularly high price levels ; whereas this situation found for sugar is A special export levy is introduced on the products reflected on the market for other sugars and syrups ; specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation No 1009/ whereas to ensure that the Community can be 67/EEC, the basic amount of which shall be as shown supplied with sugar at prices within the limits of the in the Annex to this Regulation. threshold price, especially in its outermost regions, where additional supplies are necessary, a special Article 2 export levy should be introduced for the products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation No 1009/ This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 February 67/ EEC ; 1974 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 15 February 1974. For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

( i ) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 199, 19 . 7. 1973, p. 7 . 3 OJ No L 43 , 15 . 2. 1974, p. 35.

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ANNEX

(u.a . 1100 kg)

Basic amount CCT of the special export levy per heading Description of goods percentage point No of sucrose content f1)

17.02 Other sugars ; sugar syrups ; artificial honey (whether or not mixed with natural honey) ; caramel :

ex D. Invert sugar and other syrups 0-1800 ex F. Caramel made from ibeet sugar and cane sugar 0-1800

17.05 Flavoured or coloured sugars, syrups and molasses, but not in­ cluding fruit juices containing added sugar in any proportion :

ex iC. Other, excluding flavoured or coloured molasses 0-1800

(*) Sucrose content is determined in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 394/70.